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‘A mere fourteen months’ after originally planned Bob Bob Cité is set to open. The restaurant, a City sibling to Soho’s “dazzling” but “expensive” Bob Bob Ricard, will launch on Monday March 25 next year in the Leadenhall Building (the ‘Cheesegrater’ if you prefer). Suspended above the 30-meter high open-air atrium will be two dining […]
Yes, we know there’s a World Cup on. Nothing else matters, you say? Ahem. One word: tennis. Yes, rackets at the ready, we can’t ignore our beloved Andy Murray. What’s more, while we appreciate all the delicious snacks and glorious pints which match so beautifully with watching England try their feet at football, we can’t […]
On 20 February, bubbledogs, the gourmet hot dog and Champagne bar in Fitzrovia, will become ‘Chappett’s Café,’ a Chinese café, for one night only, in celebration of Chinese New Year. Sandia Chang of bubbledogs, will be joined in her kitchen for the first time ever by husband, James Knappett (head chef behind the “truly unique” Kitchen Table […]
Enoteca Turi SW1 Valentine’s Menu: 3 courses £52.50 This Valentine’s Day pay a visit to Giuseppi and Pamela Turi’s Pimlico venture which “has magnificently managed the tumultuous move from Putney to near Sloane Square”, and offers Sig. Turi’s “wonderful wine list, embellished by his own personal remarks”, alongside a “trusty northern Italian menu”. The Turi’s special Valentine’s […]
Chef Simon Rogan has created special “experimental and instinctive” lunch and dinner menus to be paired with Dom Pérignon vintage champagnes next month at Claridges, where his restaurant Fera is hailed for its “phenomenal” food by the Harden’s Survey. He says the menus will include “cylindra beetroot, roe deer, blackcurrant and hemp or meadowsweet cake, cherries, pine and sheep’s yoghurt. […]
Soho seafood institution Randall & Aubin will celebrate its 20th birthday in August by rolling prices back to 1996. From Monday 1-Friday 12 August diners can slurp down half a dozen rock oysters and enjoy a glass of the restaurant’s house champagne for just £9.50. Renowned for its seafood, Anglo-French brasserie menu, original Victorian interior, cream tiles […]
Fasten your seat belts and top up your champagne flutes for an irreverent new take on the circus, inspired by Lily Bollinger’s only drink of choice. Fresh from a sell-out run at the Sydney Opera House, Blanc de Blanc comes to the London Hippodrome, Leicester Square, from 14 July until 28 August. Every act in […]
Celebrate the summer season with the FT Weekend Laurent-Perrier Rosé Summer Menu at Vivek Singh’s “seriously brilliant” Cinnamon Club, in association with Taste of London 2016. Enjoy three courses and a glass of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut NV Champagne in this impressive dining space (now even more handsome thanks to last year’s £1m refurb) at £50 per person. Housed […]
What could be better on a sunny summer’s evening than a trip to Taplow’s impossibly grand Thames-view palazzo, Cliveden House. This month readers can enjoy chef André Garrett’s three course Market Menu, with a glass of champagne, for £55 pp. Over the past couple of years, Garrett has been credited with transforming the cuisine at […]
Sea Containers at Mondrian London on the South Bank will launch a Hamptons-inspired summer terrace overlooking the Thames on Monday 6 June. The al fresco dining space will vaunt a new seafood-led menu and lobster shack with takeaway dishes for riverside picnics. Situated on the Riverwalk in front of the Tom Dixon designed hotel, the terrace will will be […]
